If Texas were its own country, it would be the world's No. 4 producer of wind energy. Clean energy in the Lone Star State and across conservative Middle America is on the rise, but it's running up against a powerful fossil fuel lobby that stretches from West Texas to Washington, D.C.

Our series "Revolt" explores climate and energy issues in a fresh context focused on Middle America. This is the fifth of six episodes that debut weekly.

- "What we're seeing right now is the cheapest sources of new energy are renewables led by wind and solar, and natural gas. Nuclear and coal no longer can produce electricity the cheapest." - Lazard's levelized cost of energy analysis